''Festucalex'' is a

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fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...

in the

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Syngnathidae The Syngnathidae is a family of fish which includes seahorses, pipefishes, and seadragons (''Phycodurus'' and ''Phyllopteryx''). The name is derived from grc, σύν (), meaning "together", and (), meaning "jaw". The fused jaw is one of the tra ...

native to the

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and

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Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Festucalex amakusensis ''Festucalex'' is a genus of fish in the family Syngnathidae native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: * '' Festucalex amakusensis'' ( Tomiyama, 1972) * ''Festucalex armillatus'' Pro ...

'' ( Tomiyama, 1972) * ''

Festucalex armillatus ''Festucalex'' is a genus of fish in the family Syngnathidae native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: * ''Festucalex amakusensis'' ( Tomiyama, 1972) * ''Festucalex armillatus'' Prok ...

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, 2016 Prokofiev, A.M. (2016): New Species of Pipefish (Syngnathidae) from the South China Sea. ''Journal of Ichthyology, 56 (5): 787–789.'' * ''

Festucalex cinctus ''Festucalex cinctus'' (girdled pipefish or orange-cheek pipefish) is a species of marine fish of the pipefish family Syngnathidae which is endemic to the waters off eastern Australia. Identifying features This species can be recognized by its b ...

'' ( E. P. Ramsay, 1882) (Girdled pipefish) * ''

Festucalex erythraeus ''Festucalex erythraeus'', known commonly as the red pipefish, is a species of marine pipefish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found throughout the Indo-Pacific, from Mozambique and South Africa to Hawaii, Honshu (Japan), and New Caledonia. It ...

'' ( C. H. Gilbert, 1905) * ''

Festucalex gibbsi Gibbs’ pipefish (''Festucalex gibbsi'') is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found in the Western Pacific, from the Great Barrier Reef to Palau, the Chesterfield Islands and New Caledonia. Unconfirmed specimens have bee ...

'' C. E. Dawson, 1977 (Gibbs' pipefish) * ''

Festucalex kulbickii ''Festucalex kulbickii'', commonly known as Kulbicki's pipefish, or New Caledonian pipefish, is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found from West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea to New Caledonia. It lives in coral re ...

'' R. Fricke, 2004 (Kulbicki's pipefish) * ''

Festucalex prolixus ''Festucalex prolixus'' is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found in the Western Central Pacific, from the Sulu-Celebes Sea and around west Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, including Cenderawasih Bay. Known specimens come f ...

'' C. E. Dawson, 1984 * ''

Festucalex rufus The pink pipefish (''Festucalex rufus'') is a species of coastal pipefish of the family Syngnathidae. It has been found in the East Cape area of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, as well as the Solomon Islands, Bali, and Seram Island. It lives in spong ...

'' G. R. Allen &

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, 2015 (Pink pipefish) Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. (2015)
''Festucalex rufus'', a new species of pipefish (Syngnathidae) from Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
''aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 21 (1): 47-51.'' * ''

Festucalex scalaris The ladder pipefish (''Festucalex scalaris'') is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. It is endemic to Western Australia, occurring from Shark Bay to the Monte Bello Islands. It is a habitat generalist, with species samples being ...

'' ( Günther, 1870) (Ladder pipefish) * ''

Festucalex townsendi ''Festucalex'' is a genus of fish in the family Syngnathidae native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: * '' Festucalex amakusensis'' ( Tomiyama, 1972) * ''Festucalex armillatus'' Pro ...

'' ( Duncker, 1915) * ''

Festucalex wassi Wass's pipefish (''Festucalex wassi'') is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. It is known from only six species, which were found in the coastal waters of Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Fiji, and Samoa. It inhabits soft coral ha ...

'' C. E. Dawson, 1977 (Wass' pipefish)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2159608 Marine fish genera Taxa named by Gilbert Percy Whitley